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@hierMee? me-r11?ffirraj .rt-maratea 78,980, dated June, 1e, 1868,;l

IMPROVBD WEATHER-eral?.

d'2 Stilwell referrer tu' in, time Entert v''rain vmzrmzfxbim] gtr-t hfttt time TGALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! l Be it known that`A I, 'J'.E;LINDSLY, of Goshen, in the county of Elkhart, State of Indiana, haveinvented a new andirnprovedjill and Weather-Strip for Doors; .and I doherehydeclare that thefollowing is a full, clear, ,and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use thesame.' reference being had tothe laccompartying drawings forming partof" this specileation. This invention relates toanew and improved silland weather-strip for doors, and isan improvement `on a sill andweather-strip for which Letters Patent were grsn'tedto me, bearing dateJune 19, 1866.

Thisoriginal patented. devicecorisistsy of a fixed metallic strip orcap, placed over the sill ofthe door, so as to preserve the latter vfromAwear, and also excludewind and rain.

l It is not aseieien't as it mightbe in the latter respect, and theobject of the present inventionisi'to obviate `that diiiiculty, and tothis end it consists in having the metallic stripper cap arranged andapplied tothe sill in such a manner as to be movable, and capable ofbeinglraised automatically by the closing of the door, so as to fitsnugly against the lower edge'of the same when closed, and e'ectuallyexclude wlnd,rain,. and snowl In the accompanying sheet of drawings- *IFigure 1 is a transverse vertical sectionv fof the lower part of a doorand door-frame, having my invention applied, x'x, iig.l 2, showing theline of section. I

Figure 2 a horizontalsection of the same, taken. in the line y y, g. 1LSimilar letters .of reference indicate correspondingparts.' A representsa portion'otV a' door-Iframe,v l u B the sill thereof,'a'nd v Cthe door,the latter being hinged to the'frame in the Iusual or in any propermanner. D represents the outer portion or. tread of vthe sill. at theouter side of the door, on' the upper surface of which there is secureda lnetal plate, Ef Cast iron will probably be generallyI used.

This vplate is designed "te have a grooved or corrugated upperl surface,to prevent persons from slipping upon it, and near its inner edge thereis a longitudinal groove, af to receive thefront. edge of a'metal stripor cap, F, which is fitted overthe sill B, but not bolted thereto, itbeing merely Iset over it, and allowed torise and fall freely to acertain extent, the front edge of the strip or`cap which rests in thegroove`a,servin'g as a.

bearing for the strip or cap--to work in or against, the plate E beingprovided with lugs b, one or more, to retain the strip or cafp'F inplace.'y

To one side'of the door-`rau1e A, ntits lowerY part, there is attachedabent lever, G, which is fitted. and worlis in a'recessl in` the sill B,'at one 'end of the same, and projects beyond the rear part ofthestrip'orcap, as shown clearly'rin ig..1, l i l i This lever works'onapivot, d, :1nd its upper part extends upward A at the side of the frame.AV in such a manner as to bo vacted upon by the door C lwhen it closes.

The door, asit closes, strikes the upper end of said lever, and therebyforces the lower part of the, lever npward, which'tbmws upward the innerpart of the strip or cap snugly` against the lower edge of the door, asshown in fig. 1, forming a perfectly -weather-proof joint. V

When'the doot-is opened, the strip or cap drops or falls by its owngravity over the Sill, as shown in red.

The strip or cap will probably be ,nade of'cast iron, and it will 4beseen that the strip or cap will, as in the original device, preservethewooden sill from wear, but will servemuch more eiliciently asa'weather-strp, owing -to tbe movement allowed it and the means employedto cause it to fit snugly against the bottom or dower edge of the doores the'lat'terris closed'.

The plete E also preserves the tread port-ion D of the' sill.

'll claim as new, and desire yto secure by Letters Patenti The metalplate E, eppliedlo thebnterportion or tread D of the sill, in,combination with the metal'ls'trip or cap F and lever G, allarrangedsubstantially as and for the'purpose setv forth. y

' J. vlll. LINDSLEY.

Witnesses:

A. S. Lern, J. QBERLIN.

